Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who is currently on a massive worldwide tour with the band, personally piloting them round the planet in their customised Boeing 757, has now moved into the world of film, having written the screenplay for the forthcoming supernatural horror movie, Chemical Wedding.
Bruce, along with Andre Jacquemin (co-writer of Man of Sorrows) has also composed the musical score for the film, which will include an unusual orchestration of Maiden's classic Run To The Hills and his solo tracks Chemical Wedding and Man Of Sorrows.
Exploiting Dickinson's long-time interest in Aleister Crowley (to whom the Iron Maiden songs "Moonchild" and "Revelations" both refer), the film sees the man once dubbed "the wickedest man in the world" and self-proclaimed as "The Beast" reincarnated in modern-day Cambridge.
Chemical Wedding is distributed by Warner Music Entertainment UK and will open at UK cinemas at the end of May.
In related news, Bruce has apparently invited guests to Cannes on Maiden's own Boeing 757 jet for the premiere on May 17.
